sixsome

English

English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: six     Ordinal: sixth     Abbreviated ordinal: 6th     Latinate ordinal: senary     Adverbial: six times     Multiplier: sixfold     Latinate multiplier: sextuple     Distributive: sextuply     Germanic collective: half-dozen, sixsome     Collective of n parts: sextuplet, hextuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: hexad     Greek collective prefix: hexa-     Latinate collective prefix: sexa-     Fractional: sixth     Elemental: sextuplet, hextuplet     Greek prefix: hexa-     Number of musicians: sextet     Number of years: sexennium

Etymology

Etymology tree

English six

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *somHós

Proto-Germanic *samaz

Proto-Germanic *-samaz

Proto-West Germanic *-sam

Old English -sum

Middle English -som

English -some

English sixsome

From six + -some.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭk'səm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪksəm/
• Rhymes: -ɪksəm
• Hyphenation: six‧some

Noun

sixsome (plural sixsomes)

1. A group of six persons or things.

Translations

group of six

• Bulgarian: шесто́рка f (šestórka)
• Finnish: kuusikko (fi)
• Portuguese: sexteto (pt) m
• Russian: ше́стеро (ru) (šéstero), шестёрка (ru) f (šestjórka)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: guđas